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chromeOs is not an improvement.Ĭhromebooks are the new tablets which were the new netbooks.
or maybe they'll be ultimately found to be too limiting too. And now home users are finding between their smartphone and their laptop the tablet isn't that useful there either, and the next great thing is now becoming a niche - still useful and definitely has a place but we didn't get rid of all our computers for them in the end.Ĭhromebooks are the new tablets which were the new netbooks. "When that generation of kids gets to be adults, they'll keep using ChromeOS."įor a while it was all ipads ipads ipads, every student gets an ipad, and schools couldn't buy enough ipads, and then the schools discovered they weren't really all that great for education after all. They bought a logitech harmony universal remote and want to program it, they want to play some random steam game. They run a small business and need some accounting software.
They want to work on a powerpoint or spreadhsheet using exactly the same software they use at work. "Yeah yeah someone ALWAYS points out that they can't use one because of UberCadSuperSimulationPublisherLatheController 44.0, but those people are a minuscule minority" What could possibly be undesirable about that. Yeah, just do all your computing, shopping, and interacting with the world using a device built by an advertising company that wants to monetize you. It "just works", and they don't have to have a degree in comp-sci to manage the thing." "I have to say, it's a perfect device for most people.
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For example, the university I attended had free licenses of Office, Visual Studio Pro, Visio etc provided by MS to the IT students, as a means of locking us into their way of doing things (If you've already got Visual Studio then you're at least going to try writing your code in C# and your teachers know that they can expect you to produce and submit your work using the provided tools The megacorps try and get people to use their products as kids so that they turn into adults who expect/use the same products in their work place. I'm sure MS Office would have copied this feature by now but honestly who gives a fuck about the product that did it secondĪnd to the people claiming that these kids will be disadvantaged when they join the work force, you've got it backwards.
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The group just edits the doc locally and sees everyone else's update in real time.
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Needs to be locked down so a kid won't fuck the OS up and require IT support (even locking down the OS requires IT support if you're on Windows)Īutomagically uploading to a server so a virus can't eat the homework, while still allowing offline work that will automagically upload later on when it has a network connectionĬollaborative work: Google docs has been collaborative for years, so no mailing around different versions of a doc. Cheap also leads to weaker hardware guess which OS will suffer the most on weak hardware (Clue: it's not one of the *nix derivatives) Some idiot in this thread listed "cheap" as a drawback, yet it's a primary need for these devices. That said, having privacy from some megacorp isn't a primary or even secondary need for "education devices"Ĭheap so it doesn't really matter if a kid fucks it up.
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The only option to not be spied on these days is to install GNU/Linux or similar.
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What will happen once with greater enablement in their children, the people realize the privacy implications of their decision?Īre you unaware that the latest Windows is also a privacy shit show? I'm sure even an Apple device is reporting *something* back to Cupertino. When that generation of kids gets to be adults, they'll keep using ChromeOS. Already Chromebooks are approaching 70% of all school purchases in the USA (flew past 60% in early 2018), and people are turning to them for home use too. It will, and when it happens, Windows is going to fade. Most people's needs are perfectly met by a device like these.Ĭhromebooks are what's starting to drive the "year of Linux on the desktop". They'll keep using Windows for a while yet, but the average person will use a phone for mobile computing, and a Chromebook or work-alike for home use when they want a larger screen. Yeah yeah someone ALWAYS points out that they can't use one because of UberCadSuperSimulationPublisherLatheController 44.0, but those people are a minuscule minority. We all used to wonder what was going to bring down the Windows monopoly. It "just works", and they don't have to have a degree in comp-sci to manage the thing. I have to say, it's a perfect device for most people.